Quantitative measurement of Stachybotrys chartarum conidia using real time detection of PCR products with the TaqMan(TM) fluorogenic probe system

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 329-340

  Haugland, R A ^a   Vesper, S J ^a   Wymer, L J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

ABI prism 7700 sequence detector; Fungal conidia; Quantitative PCR; Stachybotrys; TaqMan

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACCURACY; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HYPHOMYCETES; LUNG HEMOSIDEROSIS; MOULD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; STACHYBOTRYS; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

EID: 0032856437     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1999.0258     Document Type: Article

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